diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 711a3014b9a67f..29ebe882b092cd 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # Note that the mix of single and double quotes is intentional,
 # as is the fact that the ] goes on a new line.
 _=[ 'exec' '/bin/sh' '-c' '''
+command -v python3.13 >/dev/null && exec python3.13 "$0" "$@"
 command -v python3.12 >/dev/null && exec python3.12 "$0" "$@"
 command -v python3.11 >/dev/null && exec python3.11 "$0" "$@"
 command -v python3.10 >/dev/null && exec python3.10 "$0" "$@"
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ except ImportError:
   from distutils.spawn import find_executable as which
 
 print('Node.js configure: Found Python {}.{}.{}...'.format(*sys.version_info))
-acceptable_pythons = ((3, 12), (3, 11), (3, 10), (3, 9), (3, 8), (3, 7), (3, 6))
+acceptable_pythons = ((3, 13), (3, 12), (3, 11), (3, 10), (3, 9), (3, 8), (3, 7), (3, 6))
 if sys.version_info[:2] in acceptable_pythons:
   import configure
 else: